The Needle (1988)★ 7.7/10

SUHH · 81 min · September 16, 1988

• Drama
• Thriller

Directed by: Rashid Nugmanov

Written by: Aleksandr Baranov, Bakhyt Kilibayev

Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in "the doctor," the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.